Won Key Demo on Monday, Topping ABC by +21,000 in A25-54; Increased Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Week & vs. Last Year
Remains Only Evening Newscast to See Increases Among Total Viewers, A25-54 Viewers & A18-49 Viewers Season-to-Date
WEEK OF JULY 6 HIGHLIGHTS
- Nightly News ranked #1 in the key A25-54 demo on Monday, outperforming ABC (+21,000).
- Nightly News increased its viewership across the board vs. prior year for the 23rd consecutive week.
- Nightly News scored the best streak of year-over-year growth in A25-54 since Nov. 2008, in A18-49 on record and in total viewers since Aug. 2020.
- Nightly News has improved its year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC for 22 of the last 23 consecutive weeks. Compared to the prior year, Nightly News narrowed its demo gaps with ABC in A25-54 by 31% and in A18-49 by 44%.
- Nightly News delivers the biggest advantage vs. CBS in four weeks.
- Nightly News is the only network evening newscast to grow its viewership across the board vs. last season.
WEEK OF JULY 6 STATS
- Averaged 6.380 million total viewers, overperforming CBS by +2.592 million (+68%)
- Narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3% vs. last week.
- Improves total viewership advantage vs. CBS by 8% vs. last week.
- Increases total viewership vs. CBS by 29% vs. last year.
- Averaged 935,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +438,000 (+88%)
- Increased A25-54 viewership advantage vs. CBS by 23% vs. last week.
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 31% vs. last year.
- Improved A25-54 viewership advantage vs. CBS by 13% vs. last year.
- Averaged 699,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +303,000 (+76%)
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 39% vs. last week.
- Increases A18-49 viewership advantage vs. CBS by 42% vs. last week.
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 44% vs. last year.
- Improved its A18-49 viewership advantage vs. CBS by 13% vs. last year.
WEEK OF 7/6/26
Note: All three Evening News programs were based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday, 7/10.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 935 | 699 | 6,380 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 497 | 396 | 3,788 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,058 | 778 | 8,291 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 7/6/2026 through Thursday, 7/9/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
